Magnesium (Mg) has an atomic number of 12 and belongs to the alkaline earth element
(Group II) of the Periodic Table. The pure Mg is a silvery white metal and has a melting point …

The biogeochemical cycling of metals in natural systems is often accompanied by stable
isotope fractionation which can now be measured due to recent analytical advances. In …

Isotopic variations usually follow mass-dependent fractionation, meaning that the relative
variations in isotopic ratios scale with the difference in mass of the isotopes involved (eg …

It has long been recognized that Earth and other differentiated planetary bodies are
chemically fractionated compared to primitive, chondritic meteorites and, by inference, the …

Calcite growth experiments have been performed in the presence of aqueous Mg at 25° C
and 1bar pCO2 to quantify magnesium partition coefficient DMg=(Mg/Ca) solid (Mg/Ca) fluid …

Abstract The Ca, Mg, O, and C isotopic and trace elemental compositions of marine
limestones and dolostones from ODP Site 1196A, which range in depth (∼ 58 to 627 mbsf) …

High-temperature partitioning of the stable isotopes of rock-forming elements like Mg, Si, Fe,
Ni and others are useful new tools in geochemistry and cosmochemistry. Understanding the …

We present a method for precise measurement of Mg isotope ratios for low-Mg rock samples
(where MgO< 1 wt.%) by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC …

We present high-precision measurements of Mg and Fe isotopic compositions of olivine,
orthopyroxene (opx), and clinopyroxene (cpx) for 18 lherzolite xenoliths from east central …

Silicon and Mg in differentiated rocky bodies exhibit heavy isotope enrichments that have
been attributed to evaporation of partially or entirely molten planetesimals. We evaluate the …